This shoot was originally headed for Botany, or some such place. A few days beforehand Evan dragged me to the mangroves at the end of my street because he wanted to sow me some new spots he discovered.
He showed me, I showed Sonny, and we didn’t have to go to Botany. Nice for the kids too, they got to see Sonny at work.
That’s Jennifer Massaux. She’s a spunky young lady from Belgium. Travis (I always think “Bickle” when I hear that name, but it’s Balcke) on hair, Stoj on make-up, and Nick, with “many hands make light work”, assisting everyone wherever he was needed.
Olivia, who was styling, and probably sorting out the clothes while this picture was taken, was assisted by the lovely, Hannah.
Of course, the girls threw their opinions around where they thought necessary…
Useful stuff like, “Wow, she’s so pretty”
Evan (aka location scout) loves this place. There’s tree-houses, how cool!
Really cute top.
Travis strikes a pose with the swing. Always good to have a back-up model.
Wait 5 years, Ev, I reckon you may become more interested in helping Sonny at his work.
Time to get those good tree-climbing shoes on.
I covet those shoes.
The audience watches
Ready for shot #1…
Shot #2
Sonny tests the tree platform and his best “make love to the camera” look.
Olivia helps out with the shoes…
… look at the mud on Olivia’s white sandshoes, and imagine how careful we (Jennifer) had to be, not to get the ‘2 week’s wage shoes’ dirty.
Quick check of the aim of the light
Ready. Pose.
Pose.
Rest.
Back to a pose.
Pose.
Pose.
High, thin heels on thin plastic, on mud =
(in the immortal words of Run DMC) tricky, tricky, tricky
So Stoj waits as catcher
Shot #3
I love this pic. It’s just cute.
Home for lunch, and Jennifer gets to feed some locals.
The afternoon was heating up, so there’s one down…
two down…
Right. That’s all three.
And a bit of nipple humour thrown in for good measure
Shot #4
I love her hand on the shoe.
Shot #5
Shot #6. I love this dress. Oooh, and there’s those coveted shoes again.
Shot #7. How good are the glosssy eyes!!! Love ’em.
But hurry, that sun is going down fast
Shot #8
I love that late afternoon light
#9. The sun is gone
Like changing lanes on the freeway and not hitting any line markings, I caught Sonny’s flash..
A quick check to see how it looks….
and, finished.
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